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Exporting Animated Gif
Posted by shemp_66 at 3/30/2006 10:55:35 PM
I have an extremely short animation. I export the movie as an animated gif and the image is grainy. If I put the same graphic into Fireworks and export a gif, it is clear. Any ideas? Thanks....more >>

Rotation of a JPG at 0,0
Posted by Trensic at 3/30/2006 10:46:57 PM
The problem I am having is when I load a jpg into a scrollpane and then rotate it (either left -= 90 or right += 90) the image rotates at its 0,0 so, of course, disappears (rotates up or left so it cannot be seen). I understand why that is happening but was wondering if there is a way of rota...more >>

Flash Voken Ads
Posted by Spot3313 at 3/30/2006 9:43:57 PM
Hey, I was approached today asking about Voken ad's and if i knew how they were done. Theyre the annoying ad's that you see on webpages that fly across the screen and you have to manually close. Anyways I was wondering how this was done. Is it through javascript? heres an example: h...more >>

How the heck can I create motion trails....
Posted by skoolyb at 3/30/2006 9:12:43 PM
Say I have a box and I animate it on a path, how can I creat motion trails? Thanks...more >>

Screen not resizing properly - HELP!
Posted by mcjonsey at 3/30/2006 8:56:03 PM
When I publish the flash file and select percent in the HTML to make the file resize to whatever window size the user has It works fine with explorer & safari but it doesn't work for netscape navigator or firefox browsers. The image is displayed very small for some reason. Anyone know how...more >>

template quiz and emailing results
Posted by creativejz at 3/30/2006 8:06:31 PM
Is there a way (and if so-how?) to email quiz results? I used the template quiz and everything works just as I want EXCEPT I want to email the results. how would I do this? I can't find the answer anywhere! ...more >>

SES URL parameters using slashes
Posted by Grogger at 3/30/2006 7:44:23 PM
I'm a relative Flash newbie ... but having a problem with an embedded SWF in a ColdFusion page. Can anyone tell me why using URL parameters delimted with slashes causes my SWF to not show in the page? Example: http://www.mydomain.com/test.cfm?foo=bar (works fine) http://www.myd...more >>

combo box increases KB's
Posted by clubsunshine at 3/30/2006 6:29:08 PM
In an application of mine, I've incorporated an combo box from the 'UI components' folder in MX2004Pro. All of the sudden, my generated movie is about 60 KB larger than before. And all I did was just adding the combo box. Can anyone tell me why this component takes up that much extra KB's? Is ...more >>



Is this possible ?
Posted by drok911 at 3/30/2006 6:16:41 PM
I am not sure if this is even a possiblity, but... I would like to have a text form(.rtf or .txt) embedded within my flash file which users could download and use. Something along the lines of a study guide . the trick is embedding the file within my flash so it would not necessary to li...more >>

Window Scaling
Posted by OffbeatDesign at 3/30/2006 5:54:16 PM
I'm new to Flash and just put together a quick portfolio for a client (http://www.offbeatdesign.com/jack.swf). When I publish the movie and open it in a browser the page scales, so if you expand your window size, the movie increases in size as well (making everything look jagged). How can I pr...more >>

Sorenson Squeeze and Spark to SWF
Posted by MightyHalo at 3/30/2006 5:31:53 PM
Hi All, I am working on a video project where the end result needs to be a .swf file. It is a large video file uncompressed... 1024x720 at 21 seconds and I need to be able to crunch this file size down to 3-6 megs. I know it can be done... Im just not sure what the best way to do it is or ...more >>

fonts
Posted by Broose at 3/30/2006 4:38:58 PM
Someone sent me an fla file we have to add soemthing too that was created on a MAC and I am on PC. How can they save the fla file so the fonts will stay intact because I don't have the fonts they do? ...more >>

Flash mx 2004-wot's it all about???
Posted by Dilroy at 3/30/2006 3:36:27 PM
I just started working in Flash mx 2004 in my new job and to my horror have found that the actionscript panel has changed. It no longer has the bar that allows you to add variables such as 'on release' or 'parent window' or add information such as url's in 'get url'. I cant even get it to go...more >>

Eolas suit
Posted by eLearningDave at 3/30/2006 2:57:11 PM
Hi, since Microsoft has lost its battle with Eolas and now has to change their browser. (Object and Embed of Flash causing user to have to click to initiate it everytime) Is Macromedia going to send out an update for their Publish settings to automatically write the javascript necessary to ge...more >>

Jumping Between Scenes
Posted by JP.Harron at 3/30/2006 2:37:50 PM
I started off with about 10 scenes and everything seem to be working fine. As I added more some of my buttons calling scenes lower in the scene list seem to stop working. I know the code is correct and the names of the scenes haven't changed. Is this a glitch in Flash or something else? I'...more >>

Looping Help (k)
Posted by W. Kirk Lutz at 3/30/2006 12:04:39 PM
I've never had much luck with the "while" statement. It works, but doesn't allow for an object within it to move gradually. Or I obviously am not using it correctly. So I usually use old fashioned loops. First frame is named "Counter". Second frame is a goto "Counter" statement. This us...more >>

Settings manager - Flash 8 - Win2K
Posted by GDan at 3/30/2006 5:48:30 AM
Ok, I see a flash movie in the Flash viewer or on the web in a web page. If I then right-click on the movie, a menu appears. However "settings" is gray and I can not select it. Why? and how do I enable the selection of the settings menu? Dan ...more >>

Problems with upgrading Flash 8
Posted by MValentine at 3/30/2006 4:37:11 AM
I use Flash in a limited way; only for features to add to xhtml web sites. I plan to learn more about Flash and Actionscript; but for now I use the timeline and basic actionscripting. Since I upgraded to Flash 8 from MX, some my lines and fills do not display in any browser that does not have ...more >>

Streaming Audio
Posted by Spot3313 at 3/30/2006 4:19:10 AM
Hey, Im wondering if its possible to have mp3's or midi files on on a webserver and for flash to access them, then start streaming them... stupid question i guess because im 90% sure you can do it i just cant figure out how. Could someone point me in the right direction or possibly give ...more >>

Flash Animation Won't Work on MAC
Posted by swissgrid at 3/30/2006 2:59:51 AM
Is there a different way I can publish or insert the animation (into HTML) that will allow users to be able to view it on a Mac? I have a basic Flash animation that won't show on any Mac browsers (Safari, Firefox and IE). Please advise. Thanks a lot. Todd ...more >>

loadMovie without button
Posted by cto5159 at 3/30/2006 1:47:24 AM
Is there a way to use loadMovie to play a movie without using a button. I want a flash file to call 2 other flash files one after the other when the file opens. Thanks!...more >>

Publishing 1024 x 768 movie to fit All Monitors
Posted by snurg at 3/30/2006 1:30:29 AM
Hi, I am authoring a Flash 8 movie in 1024 x 768 which works fine on my 21" monitor How do I set the publishing options so this website will fit on smaller screens (17", even 12") ? thanks ...more >>

Text help!!!
Posted by richmal at 3/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
can you help on a simple flash problem I'm having? the movie that I export looks fine on PC, but on a MAC the text does not appear! any reason why that happens, or what I can do to resolve it? thanks ...more >>

Problems with Active X
Posted by jokiwhau at 3/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
My system is not recognizing that Flash player is installed. Everytime I go to a sight that uses Flash to view, I get a prompt to load an Active X. However, when I load it nothing happens. Also, one of my applications (Sony Picture Package) tells me I can't use it until I install Macromedia...more >>

Flash in temporary internet files....
Posted by Francl at 3/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi run a training website and have a few queries..... I am concerned that when someone buys the course that it will download and be available in there temporary internet files folder whch they could then do whatever they want with the training course. Is there anyway of stopping this ...more >>

Frames per second
Posted by Scotty_Evil at 3/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, wonder if you can help. I have a main swf which has it fps set to 25. I am loading another swf into the main swf which is 12fps. The problem I have is that the second swf (12fps) converts to 25fps following the main swf. Is there a way to drop swf's into other swfs and keep the specifi...more >>

changing keyboard shortcuts for cut/copy/paste
Posted by bartotj at 3/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
i use a dvorak keyboard and as such x, c and v are scattered all over the place. this makes cut, copy and paste very awkward using the regular shortcuts. usually i use the alternatives (which are supposed to be standard) - cut is shift-delete, copy is control-insert and paste is shift-insert. ...more >>

Frame Rate
Posted by chocolate999 at 3/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
What would you say is an optimal frame rate for animations? Anyone?...more >>


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